The Nature of the Goodness of God
“For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100:5
“How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.” Psalms 36:7 NIV
“If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” Matthew 7:11 NIV
In 1961 A.W. Tozer published a book called “The Attributes of God”. In it, he meditates on key attributes of God, one of them being God’s Goodness.
A key concept from this chapter of the book that I often think of is that God does not change. His goodness is perfect, His love is unfailing and endures forever.
Tozer says,
”When I say that God is good, that God has a kind heart, I mean that He has an infinitely kind heart and that there is no boundary to it. When I say that God is good-natured, good and kindly of nature, I mean that He is infinitely so.
God is not only infinitely good, He is perfectly good. God is never partway anything! When I say that God is kind hearted, I mean that He is perfectly so. I do not mean that there are ever times when God isn’t feeling good and isn’t kind.”
If this is true, then nothing we say, do or experience changes the fact that God is perfectly, eternally and infinitely good.
The question for you and me is: do we really believe it?
Something to contemplate today: What circumstances tempt me to question God’s goodness?
